China: Captured by the underwater drone "tip of the iceberg"
Underwater drone captured by Chinese Navy is a "tip of the iceberg" of the American military surveillance in the South China sea, said Chinese state media on Monday.
The Pentagon said that the underwater vehicle was outstanding piece of equipment, carrying out routine surgery, but in an article published in people's daily, the official representative of the Communist party, said that the drone was linked to US efforts to "contain" China. "The American side downplays their unmanned operation, but the US intention behind them cannot be hidden", says the commentary.
China agreed to return the underwater drone, but the details of the transfer have not been agreed upon, the Pentagon said Sunday evening. The incident arose when the last spike between China and the United States was elected President of Donald trump, who have shown themselves increasingly willing to confront and challenge Beijing.
The press Secretary of the foreign Ministry of China stressed that China would resist us naval activities in the region at a press briefing on Monday.
Expert on security issues at the University of Hong Kong Zhang Baoju, said that the drone capture was intentional, but was hardly an answer trump, who turned desyatiletnij diplomatic Protocol of the interrogation, the long-standing US position that Taiwan is part of "one China."
"China is very sensitive to the observation of the USA in the South China sea, and many in the US do not accept mutual nuclear deterrence," said Zhang. He added that unlike the U.S. and Russia, China has a vast ocean on its territory where nuclear submarines could remain unnoticed. China Ministry of defense said on Saturday that China had decided to pass the underwater drone back to the US.
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